Megha Mittal

Megha Mittal (born 20 November 1976 in Kolkata, India) is the Chairman and Managing Director of the German fashion luxury brand Escada.^[1]

She graduated from the Wharton School of Business in 1997, with a B.S. in Economics with concentration in Finance. She subsequently joined the investment bank Goldman Sachs as an analyst in the research department. In 2003, she obtained a postgraduate Diploma in Architectural Interior Design at the Inchbald School of Design.^[2]

In November 2009, she acquired Escada, who had filed for bankruptcy in August that same year.^[3][4]

Mittal is married to Aditya Mittal,^[5] CFO of ArcelorMittal, whom she met while at the business school in the U.S. They live in London and have two young daughters.

In 2008, the Mittals made a donation of £15 million to Great Ormond Street Hospital in London,^[6] the largest private contribution the hospital had ever received. The donation was used to help fund their new facility, the Mittal Children's Medical Centre.^[7]

References

1. ^ Escada Corporate 2011
2. ^ Kuehnen, Eva (Nov. 6, 2009). "Megha shows Mittal family steel in fashion coup". Reuters India. http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia-43753220091106?sp=true. Retrieved Apr. 15, 2010. 
3. ^ Kuehnen, Eva (Nov. 5, 2009). "Megha Mittal to buy luxury fashion house Escada". Reuters. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5A44J820091105. Retrieved Apr. 15, 2010. 
4. ^ Odell, Amy (Nov. 6, 2009). "Escada Sold to 33-Year-Old Megha Mittal". New York Magazine. http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2009/11/escada_sold_to_33-year-old_meg.html. Retrieved Apr. 15, 2010. 
5. ^ Yaeger, Lynn (Feb. 2010). "Revival of Fortune: Megha Mittal, the Woman Behind the New Escada". Vogue. http://www.vogue.com/voguedaily/2010/02/revival-of-fortune-megha-mittal-the-woman-behind-the-new-escada/. Retrieved Apr. 15, 2010. 
6. ^ Goodchild, Sophie (Sep. 4, 2008). "Mittals' £15m gift to Great Ormond Street is a record". London Evening Standard. http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23476286-mittals-15m-gift-to-great-ormond-street-is-a-record.do. Retrieved Apr. 15, 2010. 
7. ^ "Mittal family back better care at Great Ormond Street" (Press release). Great Ormond Street Hospital. Apr. 9, 2008. http://www.ich.ucl.ac.uk/pressoffice/pressrelease_00612. Retrieved Apr. 15, 2010. 

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